Major Problems in American History, 1920-1945: Documents and Essays, International Edition

About Colin GordonThomas Paterson

Colin Gordon is Professor and Chair of History at the University of Iowa where he has taught since 1994. He is the author of NEW DEALS: BUSINESS LABOR AND POLITICS 1920-1935 (1994) DEAD ON ARRIVAL: THE POLITICS OF HEALTH IN TWENTIETH CENTURY AMERICA (2003) and MAPPING DECLINE: ST. LOUIS AND THE FATE OF THE AMERICAN CITY (2008). He is also a senior research consultant to the Iowa Policy Project where he writes on state labor health and economic development policies. Colin Gordon received his PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1990. Thomas G. Paterson professor emeritus of history at the University of Connecticut graduated from the University of New Hampshire (B.A. 1963) and the University of California Berkeley (Ph.D. 1968). He is the author of Soviet-American Confrontation (1973) Meeting the Communist Threat (1988) On Every Front (1992) Contesting Castro (1994) America Ascendant (with J. Garry Clifford 1995) and A People and a Nation (with Mary Beth Norton et al. 2001). Tom is also the editor of Cold War Critics (1971) Kennedy's Quest for Victory (1989) Imperial Surge (with Stephen G. Rabe 1992) The Origins of the Cold War (with Robert McMahon 1999) Explaining the History of American Foreign Relations (with Michael J. Hogan 2004) and Major Problems in American Foreign Relations (with Dennis Merrill 2010). With Bruce Jentleson he served as senior editor for the Encyclopedia of American Foreign Relations (1997). A microfilm edition of The United States and Castro's Cuba 1950s-1970s: The Paterson Collection appeared in 1999. He has served on the editorial boards of the Journal of American History and Diplomatic History. A recipient of a Guggenheim fellowship he has directed National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminars for College Teachers. In 2000 the New England History Teachers Association recognized his excellence in teaching and mentoring with the Kidger Award. Besides visits to many American campuses Tom has lectured in Canada China Colombia Cuba New Zealand Puerto Rico Russia and Venezuela. He is a past president of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations which in 2008 honored him with the Laura and Norman Graebner Award for lifetime achievement in scholarship service and teaching. A native of Oregon Tom is now informally associated with Southern Oregon University.